We have had many of Book Club and Film Club meetings either in person or online. So we have collected all of these picks and compiled them into a big ol’ list. Each year we had monthly research themes and each of our clubs reflected them. Whether you are looking for books or movies for your own club or you just want more books in your book piles or more movies in your watch later, we got you.
2021
Rebel Gal
Book – Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Black STEM Gal
Book – The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Wartime Women
Book – The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer
Environmental Gal
Book – The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here by Hope Jahren
Folk Tales & Myths
Book – The House of Pendragon: The Firebrand by Debra A. Kemp
Explorer Gal
Book – Gorge: My Journey Up Kilimanjaro at 300 Pounds by Kara Richardson Whitely
Olympic Gal
Book – Babe Conquers the World: The Legendary Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias by Rich & Sandra Neil Wallace
Photography Gal
Book – It’s What I Do: A Photographers Life of Love and War by Lynsey Addario
Activist Gal
Book – The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote by Elaine F. Weiss
Disney Gal
Book – Queens of Animation: The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History by Nathalia Holt
2022
Revolutionary Gals
Book – The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
Black History Gals
Book – In the Time of Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
Artists Gals
Book – Georgia: A Novel of Georgia O’Keeffe by Dawn Tripp
Naturalist Gals
Book – The Awakened Woman: Remembering & Reigniting Our Sacred Dreams by Dr. Terari Trent
Science Gals
Book – Hedy’s Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World by Richard Rhodes
LGBTQ+ Gals
Book – Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
Movie – Battle of the Sexes (2017)
Marvel Gals
Book – Captain Marvel: Liberation Run by Tess Sharpe
Movie – Captain Marvel (2018)
Archaeology Gals
Book – Lives in Ruins: Archaeologists and the Seductive Lure of Human Rubble by Marilyn Johnson
Movie – Letters from Baghdad (2016)
Filmmaker Gals
Book – The Wrong Kind of Women: Inside Our Revolution to Dismantle the Gods of Hollywood by Naomi McDougall Jones
Movie – Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy Blaché (2018)
Witches
Book – The Witches Are Coming by Lindy West
Movie – Hocus Pocus (1993)
Sci-fi Gals
Book – The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia by Ursula K. Le Guin
Movie – The Matrix (1999)
2023
Inspirational Gals
Book – Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart by Alicia Garza
Movie – A League of Their Own (1992)
Culinary Gals
Book – Coming to My Senses: The Making of a Counterculture Cook by Alice Waters
Movie – Julie & Julia (2009)
Librarians Month
Book – The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher Murray
Movie – Agora (2009)
Poetry Month
Book – What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance by Carolyn Forché
Movie – Sita Sings the Blues (2008)
Asian Month
Book – The Leavers by Lisa Ko
Movie – Spirited Away (2001)
Pride Month
Book – Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States by Samantha Allen
Movie – PRIDE (2014)
Disability Month
Book – Sitting Pretty: The Views from my Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body by Rebekah Taussig
Movie – Crip Camp (2020)
Aviation Month
Book – Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pam Am by Julia Cooke
Movie – Fly Like a Girl (2019)
Working Women Month
Book – Drop the Ball: Achieving More by Doing Less by Tiffany Dufu
Movie – 9 to 5 (1980)
Folklore Month
Book – The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
Movie – Brave (2012)
Medicine Woman Month
Book – Medicine by Olivia Campbell
Movie – Gather (2020)
2024 – Passport Program
Australia Month
Book – The Yield by Tara June Winch
Movie – Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Africa Month
Book – Unbowed: A Memoir by Wangari Maathai
Movie – The Woman King (2022)
Ireland Month
Book – The Surface Breaks by Louise O’Neill
Movie – The Secret of Kells (2009)
Middle East Month
Book – Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution by Mona Eltahawy
Movie – Wadja (2012)
Japan Month
Book – Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
Movie – Your Name (2016)
Caribbean Month
Book – Finding Mañana: A Memoir of a Cuban Exodus by Mirta Ojito
Movie – Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It (2021)
Canadian Month
Book – Women Talking by Miriam Toews
Movie – Women Talking (2022)
Indian Month
Book – The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Movie – Gangubai Kathiawadi (2022)
American Farmers Month
Book – The Growing Season: How I Built a New Life-and Saved an American Farm by Sarah Frey
South American Month
Book – Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
Scandinavian Month
Book – The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald
2025 – Rebel Gal Era
Resistance Month
Book – Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher
Solidarity Month
Book – Working 9 to 5: A Women’s Movement, a Labor Union, and the Iconic Movie by Ellen Cassedy
Equality Month
Book – Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women by Kate Manne
Creative Expression Month
Book – Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert
Innovation Month
Book – Her Hidden Genius by Marie Benedict
Injustice Month
Book – Know My Name: A Memoir by Chanel Miller
Freedom Month
Book – Once I Was You: A Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America by Maria Hinojosa
Courage Month
Book – I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Personal Change Month
Book – Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women’s Anger by Soraya Chemaly
Movie – Thelma & Louise (1991)
Defiance Month
Book – Radical Intimacy by Sophie K. Rosa
Movie – Heathers (1989)
Political Change Month
Book – Tomorrow Will be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality by Sarah McBride
Movie – She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry (2014)
Hope/Persistence Month
Movie – Black Barbie (2023)
2026 – Personal & Collective Well Being
Rooted in Self Month
Book –The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are by Brené Brown
Movie – I Am (2010)
Heart & Connection Month
Book – City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
Movie – Ghostbusters (2016)
Rest as Resistance Month
Book – Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey
Movie – The Quest for Sleep (2022)
Nourishment & The Table Month
Book – Burn the Place: A Memoir by Ilian Regan
Movie – A Woman’s Place (2020)
Movement & Joy in the Body Month
Book – Yoke: My Yoga of Self Acceptance by Jessamyn Stanley
Movie – Calendar Girls (2003)
Creativity & Expression
Book – Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
Movie – What’s Love Got to Do with It (1993)
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